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*[https://archive.org/details/travelsandadven00reisgoog ''The travels and adventures of the Turkish Admiral Sidi Ali Reis in India, Afghanistan, Central Asia, and Persia, during the years 1553-1556''] Tanslated from the Turkish by A Vambery 1899 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/stream/earlytravelsinin00fostuoft#page/n9/mode/2up ''Early Travels in India, 1583-1619''] edited by William Foster 1921 Archive.org. Accounts of seven travellers. [https://archive.org/stream/earlytravelsinin00fostuoft#page/n11/mode/2up Contents]
*[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/533354 ''Voyages of Sir James Lancaster to Brazil and the East Indies 1591-1603''] by William Foster 1940. Pdf download, Digital Library of India. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.533354 Archive.org]
*[https://archive.org/details/journalofjohnjou00jour ''The Journal of John Jourdain, 1608-1617 : describing his experiences in Arabia, India, and the Malay Archipelago''] edited by William Foster. Printed for the Hakluyt Society . Second Series, Volume XVI. 1905 Archive.org. The author was in the service of the East India Company.
*[https://archive.org/details/earlytravelsini00linsgoog ''Early Travels in India, being reprints of rare and curious narratives of old travellers in India, in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. First Series, comprising "Purchas's Pilgrimage" and the "Travels of Van Linschoten"'']. 1864 Archive.org
:''Hakluytus posthumus, or, Purchas his Pilgrimes: contayning a history of the world in sea voyages and lande travells by Englishmen and others'' by Samuel Purchas 1905 reprint, original 1625 Archive.org. [https://archive.org/details/hakluytusposthum02purcuoft Volume II], [https://archive.org/stream/hakluytusposthum02purcuoft#page/vi/mode/2up Contents]. [https://archive.org/details/hakluytusposthum03purcuoft Volume III], [https://archive.org/stream/hakluytusposthum03purcuoft#page/n7/mode/2up Contents]. [https://archive.org/details/hakluytusposthum04purc Volume IV], [https://archive.org/stream/hakluytusposthum04purc#page/n9/mode/2up Contents]. [https://archive.org/details/hakluytusposthum05purc Volume V], [https://archive.org/stream/hakluytusposthum05purc#page/n7/mode/2up Contents]. [https://archive.org/search.php?query=Purchas+His+Pilgrimes&sort=-publicdate&page=1 Other volumes: Archive.org]
*''The Embassy of Sir Thomas Roe to the Court of the Great Mogul, 1615-1619, as narrated in his journal and correspondence''. Edited by William Foster 1899 [https://archive.org/details/embassysirthoma03roegoog Volume I], [https://archive.org/details/embassysirthoma00roegoog Volume II] Archive.org
*[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/chi.15313516?urlappend=%3Bseq=7 ''Travels in India in the Seventeenth Century''] by Sir Thomas Roe and Dr John Fryer. Reprinted from the ''Calcutta Weekly Englishman'' 1873 Hathi Trust Digital Library. [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/22953 Pdf download] Digital Library of India. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.22953 Archive.org].
*''The travels of Pietro della Valle in India : from the old English translation of 1664'', edited by Edward Grey (late Bengal Civil Service) 1892 Archive.org [https://archive.org/details/travelsofpietrod00dell Volume I], [https://archive.org/details/travelspietrode00havegoog Volume II]. Pietro della Valle arrived in India 10 February 1623 at Surat, embarking from Goa 16 November 1624.
*[https://archive.org/details/sixvoyagesofjohn00tave_0 ''The Six Voyages of John Baptista Tavernier, a noble man of France now living, through Turky into Persia and the East-Indies, finished in the year 1670''...] 1678 Archive.org.
*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=Fa82AAAAMAAJ&pg=PP5 ''A voyage to the East-Indies: giving an account of the isles of Madagascar, and Mascareigne, of Suratte, the coast of Malabar, of Goa, Gameron, Ormus, and the coast of Brasil, with the religion, manners and customs of the inhabitants, &c. as also a Treatise, of the distempers peculiar to the eastern countries''] by Monsieur Dellon, M.D. Translated from the French. 1698 Google Books . First published in French 1685. [https://archive.org/details/avoyagetoeastin00crulgoog Archive.org version] Same file but different coloured pages may be easier to read. [https://archive.org/details/nouvellerelatio00marrgoog 1699 French reprint] Archive.org
:[https://archive.org/details/accountofinquisi00dell ''An Account of the Inquisition at Goa, in India'']. Translated from the French of M. Dellon 1819 Archive.org. Translated from a copy printed in Paris in 1687. The events happened in 1674. Dellon, a physician spent some time in North Malabar and was operating out of the French factory in Tellicherry for five years after which he left the French services. Six months later, he was in jail In Daman <ref>[http://historicalleys.blogspot.com/2013/04/charles-claude-gabriel-dellon-frenchman.html "Charles (Claude) Gabriel Dellon, the Frenchman in Malabar"] 14 April 2013 Historic Alleys.</ref>(Damaun)
*''The Travels of the Abbe Carre in India and the Near East, 1672 to 1674''. Tr. from the ms. journal of his travels in the India Office by Lady Fawcett and ed. by Sir Charles Fawcett with the assistance of Sir Richard Burn. In three volumes (Works issued by the Hakluyt Society. 2nd series ; No. 95-97) 1947-48. [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/59320 Probably Volume I]. Pdf download Digital Library of India. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.59320 Archive.org]. Original title includes alternative spelling ''Abbé Carré''
*[https://www.deutsche-digitale-bibliothek.de/item/JQU5IHNH6UGILO5L3VB662KPJHNTRGDF ''A new account of East-India and Persia : : in eight letters being nine years travels, begun 1672 and finished 1681''] by John Fryer 1698 London. Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek. Includes Bombaim [Bombay], Surat. Goa. Includes, facing p114 drawings of the Areca Nut or Betele nut, and other plants. [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=CrYIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PP9 Google Books edition] which appears to contain some, but not all illustrations.
: A later edition, edited, with notes and an introduction, by William Crooke, formerly of the Bengal Civil Service. in three volumes, printed for the Hakluyt Society, (Second Series, 2/19, 2/20 and 2/39) 1909-1915. [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/31952 Volume 1], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.31952 Archive.org]; [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/31953 Volume 2], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.31953 Archive.org]; [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/49506 Volume 3] , [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.49506 Archive.org] Pdf downloads, Digital Library of India, with additional digital files available.
*[https://archive.org/details/indiainseventeen00dasguoft ''India in the seventeenth century, as depicted by European travellers''] by JN Das Gupta 1916 Archive.org
*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=NmpCAAAAcAAJ&pg=PR4 ''A Voyage to Suratt: In the Year, 1689''] by John Ovington. Chaplain to his Majesty. 1696 Google Books
:[http://oudl.osmania.ac.in/handle/OUDL/11892 ''A Voyage To Surat In The Year 1689''] by John Ovington, edited by H G Rawlinson, with commentary, 1929 is available to download as a pdf from [[Online books|Osmania University Digital Library [OUDL<nowiki>]</nowiki>]]. Restricted download hours may possibly apply. This book is also available to read online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website, in TIFF format, or as a [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/79805 pdf download]. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.79805 Archive.org].
*''Storia do Mogor; or, Mogul India 1653-1708'' by Niccolao Manucci, Venetian, translated by William Irvine, Bengal Civil Service (retired) 1907. Part of ''Indian Texts Series'' [https://archive.org/details/storiadomogororm01manuuoft Volume I], [https://archive.org/details/storiadomogororm02manuuoft Volume II], [https://archive.org/details/storiadomogororm03manuuoft Volume III], [https://archive.org/details/storiadomogororm04manu Volume IV]. Archive.org.
:[https://archive.org/details/pepysofmongulind00manurich ''A Pepys of Mongul India, 1653-1708 : being an abridged edition of the "Storia do Mogor" of Niccolao Manucci''] 1913 Archive.org.
*''A New Account of the East Indies, being the observations and remarks of Capt. Alexander Hamilton, who spent his time there from the year 1688. to 1723. Trading and travelling, by sea and land, to most of the countries and islands of commerce and navigation, between the Cape of Good-Hope, and the Island of Japon'' 1727 [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=1ombp1gBqKsC&pg=PR1 Volume I], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=2YCoCwtJd1gC&pg=PP5 Volume II] Google Books. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.39274 Modern reprint of Volume I, 1739 edition], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.39275 Modern reprint of Volume II 1739 edition], both Archive.org, from Digital Library of India
*''A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time'' by Robert Kerr 1824 editions, first published c 1811. Volumes VI, VII, VIII, IX have the majority of the content relating to India, other volumes listed have less relevant content, (while volumes not listed to do appear to have any relevant content). Google Books, Archive.org, and Hathi Trust Digital Library. [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=NUI9AAAAYAAJ&pg=PR1 Volume I], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=NUI9AAAAYAAJ&pg=PR15 Contents].[https://archive.org/details/generalhistoryco02kerrrich Volume II], [https://archive.org/stream/generalhistoryco02kerrrich#page/n5/mode/2up Contents]. [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=c8I6AAAAIAAJ&pg=PR1 Volume VI], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=c8I6AAAAIAAJ&pg=PR4 Contents]. [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=B8Q6AAAAIAAJ&pg=PR1 Volume VII], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=B8Q6AAAAIAAJ&pg=PR3 Contents]. [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=WkM9AAAAYAAJ&pg=PR1 Volume VIII] 1813 edition [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=WkM9AAAAYAAJ&pg=PR3 Contents], [http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.b3510755?urlappend=%3Bseq=7 Volume VIII] 1824. [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=kUM9AAAAYAAJ&pg=PR1 Volume IX] [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=kUM9AAAAYAAJ&pg=PR3 Contents].[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=UScwAAAAYAAJ&pg=PP7 Volume XI], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=UScwAAAAYAAJ&pg=PP9 Contents]. [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=kNw6AAAAIAAJ&pg=PR1 Vol XVII], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=kNw6AAAAIAAJ&pg=PR7 Contents] (Includes of a voyage including Macao and Canton). [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=Gkg9AAAAYAAJ&pg=PR1 Volume XVIII] A Summary volume titled ''Historical Sketch'' by William Stevenson
*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924024059705 ''Early English Adventurers in the East''] by Arnold Wright 1917 Archive.org
